Boot-blacking stand



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BOUTBLAGKING STAND. No. 425,027. Patented Apr. 8, 1890.

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ROBERT D. FANNON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BOOT- BLACKI NG STAN D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,027, dated April 8, 1890.

Application filed March 30, 1889. Serial No. 305,462. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known -that I, ROBERT D. FANNON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boot-Blacking Stands,which are fully set forth in the following speciication, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure l represents a top or plan view of my inventionv with the cover broken away to show the foot-rest and its support. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section looking from the front and on the line a: 0c of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represen ts also a vertical section looking from the side of the stand and on the line y y of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a bottom view looking up from the line z a of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 represents a rectangular angle-iron supported by the legs.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

The object of my invention is to provide a boot-blacking stand which shall be simple and convenient, and at the same time shall provide a place for the foot to rest upon while the boot or shoe is being blackened, and also a place for the blacking-box, with drawers for holding the brushes and other parts or accessories of a complete outfit for such a stand, and the different parts are so arranged that when the work of blacking is completed the stand can be easily and thoroughly cleaned.

In the drawings, A A are iron legs supporting the stand, and having near their tops inside iianges or lugs a, cast with the leg.

B is a rectangular angle-iron resting on the lugs a and supported by the legs, the whole forming an iron frame `or support for the stand.

C designates the top'of the stand. It is of wood and rests in the angle-iron B. The surface of this top is of larger area than the rectangle B; but the edges are rabbeted all around, so that the body of the top sets down into the rectangle, while the upper portion projects out over the latter on all sides and rests upon the upper edges thereof, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings.

D is a foot-rest supported by arms d d,

making a spider-support. of metal, and is represented as being cast in one piece with the arms d; but these arms may be in separate pieces and may be fastened to the foot-rest by screws or bolts. The arms d are inclined downward from the rest D and secured to the top C, so that the footrest D may be supported above the top at a height sufficient to allow the boot or shoe to be conveniently cleaned and blacked, and also high enough to allow a tray to be placed under it, as hereinafter stated, so that the stand can be readily cleaned.

E is a tray, preferably of metal, placed loosely under the foot-rest D and on the top C. The object of this'tray is to afford a receptacle for the dirt or filth, which would The foot-rest D is otherwise accumulate on the top C, and at the same time it can be easily removed when necessary. The foot-rest D is secured through its arms d to the top C by means of bolts F, which bolts pass through the arms d, top C, angle-iron B, and lugs a of the legs A, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The bolts F are screw-threaded at their lower ends, upon which are placed nuts f on the lower side of the lugs a, by means of which all the principal parts of the stand-to wit, the legs, angle-iron, top, and foot-rest-are all secured together by one device, thus adding to the simplicity of construction of the stand and at the same time making it strong and firm'.

Gis a ring of wood or metal fastened by any suitable means to the top C, its object being to hold the blacking-box. It may be placed anywhere on the top C, provided only that it does not interfere with the placing of the tray-E under the foot-rest.

His a cover of wood for the stand when not in use, and which is secured to the top C by hinges. It may be of any suitable form or material for that purpose.

I is a box under the top C, and which is secured to the top and legs of the stand by screw-bolts t', some of which pass through the top C into the top of the box, and others pass through the legs A into ends of the box, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings. The box represented in the drawings extends under the top C about twothirds of its length. It is obvious that it may extend the whole ICO lengt-h of the stand, or it may be shorter. The object of this box is to hold and secure the brushes and other accessories of the blacking-stand.

K K are drawers in the box I, having,r handles k 7c. Two drawers are represented in the drawings; but there may be only one, or there may be more than two.

The box may be closed by a hinged door, the object of the box and drawers in the box being, as before stated, for a receptacle of the articles used in connection with the stand.

Having thus described niy invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a boot-blaeking stand, the foobrest I), supported on arms, and thc bolts F, angleirons B, legs A, and top C, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. In a boot-blacking stand, the legs A, prosubstantially as and for the purposes speci- ROBERT D. FANNoN.

lVitnesses:

CARRIE FEIGEL, A. M. BEST. 

